Inspiration

“This is not about altruism. This is about like minded people creating alliances of hope and change. In these kinds of alliances, everybody is a donor and everybody is a recipient.”

- Winnipeg gathering participant

 
 
 

Children and Families

 

Cindy Blackstock on CBC's The Current: First Nations Children Receiving Unequal Funding For Child Welfare

 

From CBC Radio, The Current, Monday November 23, 2009

Child Welfare - Native Kids

There are fewer government dollars for child welfare for first nation's children than for other kids. About 1 in 200 non-aboriginal children is under state care compared to 1 in 10 aboriginal children. We ask why the discrepancy in funding?

Listen by clicking here and scrolling down to Part Two.

 
 

Caring Across the Boundaries is an interactive workshop that facilitates collaboration between First Nations child and family services agencies and the voluntary sector. The program was developed based on research which found that First Nations children and youth on reserve have almost no access to the broad range of prevention and quality of life services provided by the voluntary sector.